LONDON: Britain is seeing daily infections of the rare monkeypox virus that are unconnected to any travel to West Africa, where the disease is endemic, a health official said on Sunday .
Asked if community transmission was now the norm in Britain, UKHSA chief medical adviser Susan Hopkins said"absolutely". "The risk of the general population remains extremely low at the moment, and I think people need to be alert to it," she said, adding that for most adults, symptoms would be"relatively mild".
Monkeypox can be transmitted through contact with skin lesions and droplets of a contaminated person, as well as shared items such as bedding and towels.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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